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. **** "EXECUTIVE DEFERENCE OR LEGISLATIVE CONSTRAINT? COMMITTEE FOUNDATIONS OF CONFIRMATION DELAY FOR U.S. EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINTMENTS" [KRAUSE & BYERS] ****
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. *** REVIEWER # 3 --  ITEM # 3 (R3 #3): ANALYZE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXPEDITIOUS AND PROTRACTED COMMITTEE DELAY NOMINEES IN (1) SENATE FLOOR STAGE NOMINATION DELAY & (2) CONFIRMATION RATES ***
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. ** CREATE EXPEDITIOUS COMMITTEE BINARY INDICATOR TO CONDUCT MEAN DIFFERENCES TESTS **
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. * First, evaluate EDF of legvet2 (Committee Confirmation Delay outcome duration variable -- original format with "0" values) both including and omitting unconfirmed executive nominees * 
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. sum  legvet2, detail

                           {txt}legvet2
{hline 61}
      Percentiles      Smallest
 1%    {res}        0              0
{txt} 5%    {res}        3              0
{txt}10%    {res}       11              0       {txt}Obs         {res}     10,110
{txt}25%    {res}       30              0       {txt}Sum of wgt. {res}     10,110

{txt}50%    {res}       64                      {txt}Mean          {res} 96.73462
                        {txt}Largest       Std. dev.     {res} 110.4779
{txt}75%    {res}      113            727
{txt}90%    {res}      225            727       {txt}Variance      {res} 12205.38
{txt}95%    {res}      323            729       {txt}Skewness      {res} 2.649102
{txt}99%    {res}      610            729       {txt}Kurtosis      {res} 11.72765
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. sum  legvet2 if confirmbinary==1, detail

                           {txt}legvet2
{hline 61}
      Percentiles      Smallest
 1%    {res}        0              0
{txt} 5%    {res}        8              0
{txt}10%    {res}       14              0       {txt}Obs         {res}      7,166
{txt}25%    {res}       29              0       {txt}Sum of wgt. {res}      7,166

{txt}50%    {res}       56                      {txt}Mean          {res} 71.88278
                        {txt}Largest       Std. dev.     {res} 64.73529
{txt}75%    {res}       93            640
{txt}90%    {res}      145            657       {txt}Variance      {res} 4190.658
{txt}95%    {res}      190            661       {txt}Skewness      {res}  2.51537
{txt}99%    {res}      307            701       {txt}Kurtosis      {res} 13.90558
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. * Second, create Expeditious Committee Delay binary indicator (treating 2nd and 3rd Quartiles as missing data for purposes of this exercise comparing expeditious versus protracted executive nominee delay at the committee stage of the confirmation process) * 
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. gen exped_commstage_totnom = 1 if legvet2<30
{txt}(7,850 missing values generated)

{com}. replace exped_commstage_totnom = 0 if legvet2>113
{txt}(2,769 real changes made)

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. tab exped_commstage_totnom

{txt}exped_comms {c |}
tage_totnom {c |}      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
{hline 12}{c +}{hline 35}
          0 {c |}{res}      2,769       52.51       52.51
{txt}          1 {c |}{res}      2,504       47.49      100.00
{txt}{hline 12}{c +}{hline 35}
      Total {c |}{res}      5,273      100.00
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. gen exped_commstage_confnom = 1 if legvet2<29
{txt}(7,994 missing values generated)

{com}. replace exped_commstage_confnom = 0 if legvet2>93
{txt}(3,531 real changes made)

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{txt}exped_comms {c |}
tage_confno {c |}
          m {c |}      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
{hline 12}{c +}{hline 35}
          0 {c |}{res}      3,531       59.94       59.94
{txt}          1 {c |}{res}      2,360       40.06      100.00
{txt}{hline 12}{c +}{hline 35}
      Total {c |}{res}      5,891      100.00
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. * FIRST TESTS: Compute difference of Means (t-tests) to evaluate whether the Senate Floor Confirmation Delay differs between Expeditious versus Protracted Confirmation Delay Executive Nominees *
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. ttest polvet2, by(exped_commstage_totnom) unequal welch

{txt}Two-sample t test with unequal variances
{hline 9}{c TT}{hline 68}
   Group{col 10}{c |}{col 16}Obs{col 27}Mean{col 35}Std. err.{col 47}Std. dev.{col 59}[95% conf. interval]
{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
       0 {c |}{res}{col 12}  2,769{col 22} 43.09462{col 34} 1.724863{col 46} 90.76452{col 58} 39.71247{col 70} 46.47677
       {txt}1 {c |}{res}{col 12}  2,504{col 22}  40.6234{col 34} 1.968055{col 46} 98.48144{col 58} 36.76422{col 70} 44.48259
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
Combined {c |}{res}{col 12}  5,273{col 22} 41.92111{col 34} 1.301469{col 46} 94.50669{col 58} 39.36969{col 70} 44.47252
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
    diff {c |}{res}{col 22} 2.471216{col 34} 2.616943{col 58}-2.659115{col 70} 7.601548
{txt}{hline 9}{c BT}{hline 68}
    diff = mean({res}0{txt}) - mean({res}1{txt})                                      t = {res}  0.9443
{txt}H0: diff = 0                             Welch's degrees of freedom = {res} 5104.58

    {txt}Ha: diff < 0                 Ha: diff != 0                 Ha: diff > 0
 Pr(T < t) = {res}0.8275         {txt}Pr(|T| > |t|) = {res}0.3451          {txt}Pr(T > t) = {res}0.1725
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. ttest polvet2 if confirmbinary==1, by(exped_commstage_confnom) unequal welch

{txt}Two-sample t test with unequal variances
{hline 9}{c TT}{hline 68}
   Group{col 10}{c |}{col 16}Obs{col 27}Mean{col 35}Std. err.{col 47}Std. dev.{col 59}[95% conf. interval]
{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
       0 {c |}{res}{col 12}  1,887{col 22} 44.10546{col 34} 1.654222{col 46} 71.85875{col 58} 40.86116{col 70} 47.34976
       {txt}1 {c |}{res}{col 12}  1,746{col 22} 25.18786{col 34} 1.349147{col 46} 56.37434{col 58} 22.54174{col 70} 27.83397
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
Combined {c |}{res}{col 12}  3,633{col 22} 35.01376{col 34} 1.087631{col 46} 65.55628{col 58} 32.88133{col 70} 37.14619
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
    diff {c |}{res}{col 22}  18.9176{col 34} 2.134631{col 58} 14.73237{col 70} 23.10283
{txt}{hline 9}{c BT}{hline 68}
    diff = mean({res}0{txt}) - mean({res}1{txt})                                      t = {res}  8.8622
{txt}H0: diff = 0                             Welch's degrees of freedom = {res} 3539.58

    {txt}Ha: diff < 0                 Ha: diff != 0                 Ha: diff > 0
 Pr(T < t) = {res}1.0000         {txt}Pr(|T| > |t|) = {res}0.0000          {txt}Pr(T > t) = {res}0.0000
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. * SECOND TESTS: Compute difference of Means (t-tests) to evaluate whether the (Successful) Confirmation Rates differs between Expeditious versus Protracted Confirmation Delay Executive Nominees *
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. ttest confirmbinary, by(exped_commstage_totnom) unequal welch

{txt}Two-sample t test with unequal variances
{hline 9}{c TT}{hline 68}
   Group{col 10}{c |}{col 16}Obs{col 27}Mean{col 35}Std. err.{col 47}Std. dev.{col 59}[95% conf. interval]
{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
       0 {c |}{res}{col 12}  2,769{col 22} .4745395{col 34} .0094912{col 46} .4994415{col 58} .4559289{col 70} .4931502
       {txt}1 {c |}{res}{col 12}  2,504{col 22} .7472045{col 34} .0086871{col 46} .4347015{col 58} .7301699{col 70} .7642391
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
Combined {c |}{res}{col 12}  5,273{col 22} .6040205{col 34} .0067356{col 46} .4891064{col 58}  .590816{col 70}  .617225
{txt}{hline 9}{c +}{hline 68}
    diff {c |}{res}{col 22}-.2726649{col 34} .0128666{col 58}-.2978888{col 70}-.2474411
{txt}{hline 9}{c BT}{hline 68}
    diff = mean({res}0{txt}) - mean({res}1{txt})                                      t = {res}-21.1917
{txt}H0: diff = 0                             Welch's degrees of freedom = {res} 5265.35

    {txt}Ha: diff < 0                 Ha: diff != 0                 Ha: diff > 0
 Pr(T < t) = {res}0.0000         {txt}Pr(|T| > |t|) = {res}0.0000          {txt}Pr(T > t) = {res}1.0000
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. * THIRD TESTS: CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF COMMITTEE DELAY AND SENATE FLOOR DELAY UNDER VARIOUS CONDIITIONS *
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. * Overall Committee Delay [Full Sample] 
. correlate legvet2 polvet2 
{txt}(obs=10,110)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
{hline 13}{c +}{hline 18}
     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}  -0.0869   1.0000

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. * Overall Committee Delay [Confirmed Subsample] 
. correlate legvet2 polvet2 if confirmbinary==1
{txt}(obs=7,166)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
{hline 13}{c +}{hline 18}
     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}   0.0485   1.0000

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. * Expeditious Committee Delay [Full Sample] 
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{txt}(obs=2,504)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
{hline 13}{c +}{hline 18}
     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}  -0.3054   1.0000

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. * Protracted Committee Delay [Full Sample] 
. correlate legvet2 polvet2 if exped_commstage_totnom==0
{txt}(obs=2,525)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
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     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}  -0.1774   1.0000

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. * Expeditious Committee Delay [Confirmed Subsample] 
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{txt}(obs=1,871)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
{hline 13}{c +}{hline 18}
     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}  -0.2431   1.0000

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. correlate legvet2 polvet2 if confirmbinary==1 & exped_commstage_totnom==0
{txt}(obs=1,184)

             {c |}  legvet2  polvet2
{hline 13}{c +}{hline 18}
     legvet2 {c |}{res}   1.0000
     {txt}polvet2 {c |}{res}  -0.0334   1.0000

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